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Dorian Gray – handsome, hedonistic, narcissistic – sells his soul for eternal beauty. Basil and Henry join him for the ride until it all goes too far, and the hangovers become murderous...

Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was a succès de scandale on its publication in 1891, accused of violating the laws of public morality. It immediately captured the minds of its readers, the spirit of the age, and the soul of a man with nothing to declare but his genius.

This thrilling stage adaptation by Phoebe Eclair-Powell and Owen Horsley follows one man's descent from glorious debauchery to epic self-destruction, intertwined with Wilde's own life story, his tragic persecution, and ultimate imprisonment in Reading Gaol. Its first full production premiered at Reading Rep Theatre in October 2021.

Kell Cowley is a new director to the Harlequin Theatre following the successes of her sell out production Gruesome Playground Injuries at Chester Little Theatre and Caryl Churchill’s Escaped Alone and A Number at Davenham Players.

'Eye-poppingly experimental... an explosion of glamorous and grotesque characters – some Victorian, some contemporary and some pure camp figments of the imagination... a dizzying adventure that always dares to dazzle... so very brave and original'

Sex, cake and the quest to be the perfect 1950s housewife: but in the 21st Century.

A beady, at times funny look at nostalgia, choice and contemporary relationship, love and romance.

Judy and Johnny lead a thoroughly immersed colourful 1950’s lifestyle at home: clothes, décor, music, appliances. Of choice, she stays at home while Johnny works as an estate agent: she always ensures his egg top is removed at breakfast and his cocktail and slippers are ready for his return from the office. He hopes for a promotion. But he realises they have financial problems; the house might be repossessed. Three years earlier Judy had taken redundancy from a job in finance, but the money is running out. He is underperforming at work and doesn’t earn as much commission. He says he isn’t happy. They need to change. But he does get a promotion that will involve a long commute.

HOME, I'M DARLING by Laura Wade was first performed at Theatre Clwyd on 3rd July 2018, and opened at the Dorfman Theatre on the 31st July 2018, directed by Tamara Harvey. lt transferred to The Duke of York's Theatre, on 5th February 2019, as a co-production between the National Theatre, Theatre Clwyd and Fiery Angel.

Sex, cake and the quest to be the perfect 1950s housewife: but in the 21st Century.

A beady, at times funny look at nostalgia, choice and contemporary relationship, love and romance.

Judy and Johnny lead a thoroughly immersed colourful 1950’s lifestyle at home: clothes, décor, music, appliances. Of choice, she stays at home while Johnny works as an estate agent: she always ensures his egg top is removed at breakfast and his cocktail and slippers are ready for his return from the office. He hopes for a promotion. But he realises they have financial problems; the house might be repossessed. Three years earlier Judy had taken redundancy from a job in finance, but the money is running out. He is underperforming at work and doesn’t earn as much commission. He says he isn’t happy. They need to change. But he does get a promotion that will involve a long commute.

HOME, I'M DARLING by Laura Wade was first performed at Theatre Clwyd on 3rd July 2018, and opened at the Dorfman Theatre on the 31st July 2018, directed by Tamara Harvey. lt transferred to The Duke of York's Theatre, on 5th February 2019, as a co-production between the National Theatre, Theatre Clwyd and Fiery Angel.

Dorian Gray – handsome, hedonistic, narcissistic – sells his soul for eternal beauty. Basil and Henry join him for the ride until it all goes too far, and the hangovers become murderous...

Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was a succès de scandale on its publication in 1891, accused of violating the laws of public morality. It immediately captured the minds of its readers, the spirit of the age, and the soul of a man with nothing to declare but his genius.

This thrilling stage adaptation by Phoebe Eclair-Powell and Owen Horsley follows one man's descent from glorious debauchery to epic self-destruction, intertwined with Wilde's own life story, his tragic persecution, and ultimate imprisonment in Reading Gaol. Its first full production premiered at Reading Rep Theatre in October 2021.

Kell Cowley is a new director to the Harlequin Theatre following the successes of her sell out production Gruesome Playground Injuries at Chester Little Theatre and Caryl Churchill’s Escaped Alone and A Number at Davenham Players.

'Eye-poppingly experimental... an explosion of glamorous and grotesque characters – some Victorian, some contemporary and some pure camp figments of the imagination... a dizzying adventure that always dares to dazzle... so very brave and original'

Lucienne is being pursued by the married Pontagnac, who is astounded to discover that she is already married to his friend Vatelin, and also has an admirer called Redillon. Lucienne has sworn to be faithful as long as her husband remains so too. But then a keen old ‘indiscretion’ of her husband’s unexpectedly arrives, with her own husband, from Germany. Everyone ends up in the Hotel Ultimus, where the guests include an old army doctor and his deaf wife, in Paris to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Mayhem ensues.

Georges Feydeau was probably the finest French farceur the world has seen. Sauce for the Goose or Le Dindon (‘The Turkey’) in French, was written in 1896.

If you could spend eternity with just one precious memory, what would it be?

A group of strangers grapple with this impossible question as they find themselves in a bureaucratic waiting room between life and death. Encouraged by enigmatic officials, they must sift through their past lives to choose their forever.

Adapted from Hirokazu Kore-eda's award-winning film, After Life is a surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live – and to die.

Written by Jack Thorne from a concept by Bunny Christie, Jeremy Herrin and Thorne, After Life was first performed at the National Theatre, London, in June 2021.

Jack Thorne is a name you may recognise as he is the writer of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child along with a number of plays performed regularly. His TV credits include Her Dark Materials, Shameless, Skins and Kiri.

If you could spend eternity with just one precious memory, what would it be?

A group of strangers grapple with this impossible question as they find themselves in a bureaucratic waiting room between life and death. Encouraged by enigmatic officials, they must sift through their past lives to choose their forever.

Adapted from Hirokazu Kore-eda's award-winning film, After Life is a surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live – and to die.

Written by Jack Thorne from a concept by Bunny Christie, Jeremy Herrin and Thorne, After Life was first performed at the National Theatre, London, in June 2021.

Jack Thorne is a name you may recognise as he is the writer of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child along with a number of plays performed regularly. His TV credits include Her Dark Materials, Shameless, Skins and Kiri.

Patrick Hamilton’s classic Victorian thriller was first produced in 1935. Jack Manningham is slowly, deliberately driving his wife, Bella, insane. He has almost succeeded when help arrives in the form of a former detective, Rough, who believes Manningham to be a thief and murderer. Aided by Bella, Rough proves Manningham's true identity and finally Bella achieves a few moments of sweet revenge for the suffering inflicted on her.

Yvette directs a number of productions around Cheshire, she is a regular director at the Harlequins and is the brains behind productions such as Then There Were None, The Ferryman and The Welkin to name a few.

Rural Suffolk, 1759. As the country waits for Halley's Comet, Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder. When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of twelve matrons are taken from their housework to decide whether she's telling the truth, or simply trying to escape the noose.

With only midwife Lizzy Luke prepared to defend the girl, and a mob baying for blood outside, the matrons wrestle with their new authority, and the devil in their midst.

Lucy Kirkwood's play The Welkin premiered at the National Theatre, London, in January 2020, directed by James Macdonald and featuring Maxine Peake and Ria Zmitrowicz.

Rural Suffolk, 1759. As the country waits for Halley's Comet, Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder. When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of twelve matrons are taken from their housework to decide whether she's telling the truth, or simply trying to escape the noose.

With only midwife Lizzy Luke prepared to defend the girl, and a mob baying for blood outside, the matrons wrestle with their new authority, and the devil in their midst.

Lucy Kirkwood's play The Welkin premiered at the National Theatre, London, in January 2020, directed by James Macdonald and featuring Maxine Peake and Ria Zmitrowicz.

Directed by Charlie Gobbett

This play is a gripping thriller that evolves from a much more innocuous-seeming and almost comic start. After a concert performance, H P Miller, an eminent conductor of a famous Swiss orchestra, receives a visit in his dressing room from a Strange Little Man from Belgium, Léon Dinkel. The fawning Mr Dinkel declares himself to be Miller’s biggest fan, asks for his autograph and promptly disappears. He is soon back however, asking for more, and, little by little, his requests slowly become more pressing and increasingly threatening. It transpires that Dinkel knows a lot more about Miller’s past than Miller, and more importantly his adoring public, ever realised, including a dreadful, dark secret that Miller thought he had buried for ever… 

The Conductor (Original title: Fausse note) is Didier Caron’s tenth play. It was first performed in France in 2019 and published by Éditions du Théâtre de la Contrescarpe in October that year. The Conductor has been translated into Russian, Italian, Dutch and other languages, and has been professionally staged in those countries. The latest run of the play in Italy begins on 2 December 2021 at the Teatro Brancati in Catania, Sicily. The script has been translated by Charlie and this production will be the first time the piece is performed in the UK.